Rare Birds in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 56 rare birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 5 summer visitors, 30 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly May–Nov
Purple MartinProgne subisScarceRare18–20 cm
GreenshankTringa nebulariaScarceRare30–35 cmRegularly May–Jun
PochardAythya ferinaScarceRare42–49 cm
House SparrowPasser domesticusScarceRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly May
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaScarceRare16–26 cm
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentRare80–104 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly May–Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaScarceRare11–13 cm
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiScarceRare13–15 cm
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jun
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly May–Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made